Metaphor is not only a kind of rhetoric, but the cognitive method and way of thinking people widely use. The author thinks that the cognition of the basic color metaphor is an important cognitive tool to human's k...Metaphor is not only a kind of rhetoric, but the cognitive method and way of thinking people widely use. The author thinks that the cognition of the basic color metaphor is an important cognitive tool to human's knowledge of the world.展开更多
Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby depicts the short and tragic life of Gatsby.The American Dream is the theme of this novel,and researchers have analyzed Gatsby’s American Dream from different perspectives.Many co...Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby depicts the short and tragic life of Gatsby.The American Dream is the theme of this novel,and researchers have analyzed Gatsby’s American Dream from different perspectives.Many color metaphors are employed to imply the disillusionment of Gatsby’s American Dream.Guided by conceptual metaphor theory,this study uses qualitative methods.It analyzes color metaphors,finding they shape tragic images and reveal Gatsby’s love tragedy.And the findings expand metaphor research scope and enrich expectations.展开更多
As an important metaphor, metaphor of color-related English words regards color domain as source domain, and maps the color domain to non-colored abstract domain. This enables us to understand, think and discuss color...As an important metaphor, metaphor of color-related English words regards color domain as source domain, and maps the color domain to non-colored abstract domain. This enables us to understand, think and discuss color-related concept. This paper studies the basic color-related English words through cognitive metaphor. The process of exploring the associative meanings of the color-related English words is in nature to understand the cultural connotation of color-related English words by means of cognitive metaphor under different cultural backgrounds.展开更多
The metaphorical meaning of color terms can make language more vivid.The use of metaphorical meaning of color terms in the works by many authors can make it more attractive.The paper discusses the metaphorical meaning...The metaphorical meaning of color terms can make language more vivid.The use of metaphorical meaning of color terms in the works by many authors can make it more attractive.The paper discusses the metaphorical meaning of color terms through data collection and analyzes how the author use the metaphorical meaning of color terms to express cruel war and bright future.展开更多
This article studies the new color terms in Chinese.It first classifies the color terms from four linguistic aspects:pronunciation,grammar,semantics,linguistic context and the theory of "Four Worlds," namel,...This article studies the new color terms in Chinese.It first classifies the color terms from four linguistic aspects:pronunciation,grammar,semantics,linguistic context and the theory of "Four Worlds," namel,language,physics,culture,and psychology.It then summarizes all the characteristics of the new color terms.The study takes questionnaires as supplementary data,explores and proves the interactive relationship between metaphorical expression and cognitive psychology of new color words.The life span of such new color terms is also discussed.展开更多
文摘Metaphor is not only a kind of rhetoric, but the cognitive method and way of thinking people widely use. The author thinks that the cognition of the basic color metaphor is an important cognitive tool to human's knowledge of the world.
文摘Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby depicts the short and tragic life of Gatsby.The American Dream is the theme of this novel,and researchers have analyzed Gatsby’s American Dream from different perspectives.Many color metaphors are employed to imply the disillusionment of Gatsby’s American Dream.Guided by conceptual metaphor theory,this study uses qualitative methods.It analyzes color metaphors,finding they shape tragic images and reveal Gatsby’s love tragedy.And the findings expand metaphor research scope and enrich expectations.
文摘As an important metaphor, metaphor of color-related English words regards color domain as source domain, and maps the color domain to non-colored abstract domain. This enables us to understand, think and discuss color-related concept. This paper studies the basic color-related English words through cognitive metaphor. The process of exploring the associative meanings of the color-related English words is in nature to understand the cultural connotation of color-related English words by means of cognitive metaphor under different cultural backgrounds.
文摘The metaphorical meaning of color terms can make language more vivid.The use of metaphorical meaning of color terms in the works by many authors can make it more attractive.The paper discusses the metaphorical meaning of color terms through data collection and analyzes how the author use the metaphorical meaning of color terms to express cruel war and bright future.
基金financially supported by the National Social Science Fund Project(No.09BYY053)special project of Sichuan University central university basic scientific research business expense study(No.SKX201025)Sichuan University Social Science Project in 2008
文摘This article studies the new color terms in Chinese.It first classifies the color terms from four linguistic aspects:pronunciation,grammar,semantics,linguistic context and the theory of "Four Worlds," namel,language,physics,culture,and psychology.It then summarizes all the characteristics of the new color terms.The study takes questionnaires as supplementary data,explores and proves the interactive relationship between metaphorical expression and cognitive psychology of new color words.The life span of such new color terms is also discussed.
